Russian ironclad Kniaz Pozharsky

Kniaz Pozharsky as depicted by an 1893 lithograph
Class overview
Operators	Imperial Russian Navy
Preceded by	Pervenets class
Succeeded by	None
Built	1864–73
In commission	1873–1909
Completed	1
Scrapped	1
History
Russian Empire
Name	Kniaz Pozharsky (Russian: Князь Пожарский)
Namesake	Dmitry Pozharsky
Operator	Imperial Russian Navy
Builder	Charles Mitchell Shipyard, St. Petersburg
Laid down	30 November 1864[Note 1]
Launched	12 September 1867
Completed	1870
Renamed	Blokshiv Nr. 1, 27 October 1909
Stricken	14 April 1911
Fate	Scrapped 1911?
General characteristics
Type	Central battery ironclad
Displacement	5,138 long tons (5,220 t)
Length	272 ft 8 in (83.1 m)
Beam	49 ft (14.9 m)
Draft	24 ft 6 in (7.5 m)
Installed power	2,835 ihp (2,114 kW)
Propulsion	1 shaft, 1 Horizontal direct-action steam engine 8 cylindrical boilers
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)
Range	3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi)
Complement	495 officers and crewmen
Armament	8 × 1 - 9-inch (229 mm)/22 guns
Armor	Belt: 4.5 in (114 mm) Battery: 4.5 in (114 mm)

The Russian ironclad Kniaz Pozharsky (Russian: Князь Пожарский) was an iron-hulled armored frigate built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the 1860s. She was the first Russian armored ship to leave European waters when she cruised the Pacific Ocean in 1873–75. The ship did not participate in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78, and remained in the Baltic Sea until 1879–80, when she made another cruise to the Pacific. Kniaz Pozharsky was assigned to the Baltic Fleet for the rest of her career. She mainly served as a training ship after her refit in 1885 until she was hulked in 1909 and probably scrapped in 1911.
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